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THE OOLOGIST 



"ORNITHOLOGIA AMERICANA" 



Last month we told our readers of 

 the sale of John Lewis Child's Li- 

 brary, and promised to tell them this 

 month of the sale of the fine collectioa 

 of books relating to the Birds of 

 America, formed by Dr. William C. 

 Braislin, of Brooklyn, New York, 

 which we attended. 



The sale was held Monday and 

 Tuesday afternoons, April 2nd and 

 3rd, at The Anderson Galleries, New 

 York City, and included 875 separate 

 lots, ranging from single volumes to 

 complete sets of many volumes, and 

 large numbers of pamphlets and serial 

 publications. 



Dr. Braislin had gathered together 

 one of the finest Scientific Libraries 

 devoted to North American Birds in 

 existence. It was specially rich in 

 rare, unusual and little known items. 

 The sale was attended by most of 

 those that were present at the Child's 

 sale, the bidding at once was spirited, 

 and as appeared to the writer, almost 

 reckless. Some of the prices obtained, 

 which we thought might be of interest 

 to our readers were the following: 



Audubon's Ornithological Biogra- 

 phy, 5 vols., published by Adam Black, 

 at Edinburgh, 1831-9— $37.50i. 



The same published by Judah Dob- 

 son and H. H. Porter, 1831., 5 vols., 

 being the first American imprint of 

 this work— $12.00. 



The same, 5 vols., 1832-9, by Carey 

 and Hart, Philadelphia; Hilliard, 

 Gray and Company, Boston, and Adam 

 and Black, Edinburgh, of which no 

 other set is known containing both 

 the American printed volume — $37.50. 



Audubon's Birds of North America, 

 7 vols., 1840-44— $410.00. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's Land 

 Birds of North America, 1874, with 

 64 colored plates— $45.00. 



The same Water Birds, 2 vols., 1884, 

 with colored plates — $87.50, 



Baird and Cooper Land Birds of 

 California, 1870. Colored plates, 1 

 vol.— "527.50. 



Charles L. Bonaparte's American 

 Ornithology, 1823-33, 4 vols— $100.00. 



The Nidiologist, complete volumes, 

 1-4— $20.00 



John Cassin's Birds of California, 

 Texas, Oregon, British and Russia, 

 America, 1 vol., Philadelphia, 1856 — 

 $40.00. 



Cassin's Mammalogy and Ornithol- 

 ogy of the United States Exploring 

 Expedition, 2 vols., 1859— $55.00. 



The Natural History of Washington 

 Territory, etc., by Cooper and Suck- 

 ley, 1 vol., 1859— $11.00. 



Cooper Ornithological Club Bulletin 

 and The Condor, complete — $55.00. 



Dall, Bannister and Baird's Birds of 

 Alaska, 1869, 1 vol.— $35.00. 



Zoology of the Voyage of The 

 Beagle, Charles Darwin and John 

 Gould, 1 vol., 1841— $50.00. 



J. P. Giraud, Description of Sixteen 

 New Species of North American Birds. 

 Collected in Texas, 1 vol, 1841— $130. 



John Gould's Monograph of the 

 Partridges of America, 1 vol., 1850 — 

 $105.00. 



Nest and Eggs of American Birds, 

 Nos. 1 to 7 inclusive, by Ernest Inger- 

 soll, 1879-81— $40.00. 



George Ord's New Geographical 

 Historical and Commercial Grammar, 

 etc., 2 vols., 1815— $105.00. 



The Suppressed Volume, prepared 

 by Titian R. Peale, of the United 

 States Exploring Expedition, under 

 the Command of Charles Wilkes, 

 1848, 1 vol. This being the first copy 

 ever offered at auction — $410.00. 



Ornithology of the United States 

 of North America, by John Townsend, 

 1 vol., 1839— $295.00. 



This library also contained the 

 most extensive collection of the works 

 of Alexander Wilson, ever offered for 

 sale at one time, and they brought 

 the following prices, 



